Girdle with legs of the so-called pantie type

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a girdle having legs in which, at the bottom of the legs, strongly elastic fabric constituting the whole of the girdle is cut along a broken line and vertical serrations thus formed are covered by a sleeve or low-grip elastic lace.

United States Patent Andre Henri Silvain 3, rue Nadaud, Roubaix, Nord,France [21] App]. No. 849,008

[72] Inventor [22] Filed Aug. 11, 1969 [45] Patented Oct. 12, 1971 [32]Priority Sept. 20, 1968 [33] France [54] GIRDLE WITH LEGS OF THESO-CALLED PANTIE TYPE 3 Claims, 2 Drawing Figs.

52 us. Cl 128/535, [28/525, 128/540, 128/565 51 Int. Cl... A4 lc 1 02Primary Examiner-Robert W. Michell Assistant Examiner-J H. WolffAttorneyWatei-s, Roditi, Schwartz & Nissen ABSTRACT: The inventionrelates to a girdle having legs in which, at the bottom of the legs,strongly elastic fabric constituting the whole of the girdle is outalong a broken line and vertical serrations thus formed are covered by asleeve or lowgrip elastic lace.

GIRDLE WITH LEGS OF THE SO-CALLED PANTIE TYPE BACKGROUND OF THEINVENTION The present invention relates to a girdle with legs of thesocalled pantie type, made from elasticated fabric.

It has been found that the bottom ends of the legs of pantie girdleswhich have hitherto been terminating circularly in a cut made along aline situated in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the leg, produce asufficiently strong compression of the thigh to interfere with thecirculation of the blood. In practice, this results in a swelling of thelegs, particularly the lower part thereof, which is often clearlyperceptible at the end of the day.

It is obvious that such a slowing of the return of the blood to theheart is in the long run prejudicial to health.

The object of the invention is to provide a pantie girdle of elasticatedfabric in which the gripping of the thigh no longer opposes normalreturn of the blood to the heart.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a girdle having the bottom part of its legsformed by an elastic fabric constituting the whole of the girdle,according to the invention, this fabric is discontinued at the bottom ofthe legs by cutting it along a line the different points of which aresuccessively remote from and close to a plane which is in its entirelyperpendicular to the axis of the leg. The part cut in this way isconcealed by an elasticated lace having a less clamping action than thefabric of which the girdle is composed, the said lace being sewn to thefabric.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The invention will be more clearlyunderstood from the description given below, solely by way of example,during the course of which further characteristics will become manifest,together with the advantages which accure from the invention. Referencewill be made to the attached drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a view showing a girdle according to the invention, and

FIG. 2 is a view showing an additional advantage provided by theinvention during the manufacture of girdles.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. I shows a pantie girdlewhich is, taken as a whole, made from a strongly elastic fabric 1, ofwhich the close knit texture, for example an elasticated tulle, is shownonly partially.

At the bottoms of the legs 2, the fabric 1 is discontinued along abroken line 3. A leg end zone is thus created which extends over theheight of the serrations. This end zone is covered by an elasticatedlace 4, the elasticity of which is such that, in relation to the fabric1, only a slight gripping of the thigh is produced. The fabric 1 and thelace 4 are sewn together along the broken line 3, as is shown by thedotted line.

The lace 4 forms a circular sleeve which conceals the verticalserrations cut into the fabric 1. For this purpose, the height of thelace 4 is at least equal to that of the vertical serrations.

In this way, the gripping of the thigh at the bottom of the legs of thegirdle is distributed over a larger area, along a broken line, than inthe hitherto known girdles. Furthermore, the pressure is exerted alongzones which are oblique in relation to the thigh, which is less harmfulto the circulation of the blood. It is also easy to appreciate that thegripping is progressive by virtue of the fact that the cloth which gripsmost is terminated in points of decreasing width, the compression effectof which likewise decreases.

FIG. 2 shows an additional advantage provided by the invention duringmanufacture of girdles. For one and the same length 1 of two legs cutinto a fabric 1, it is seen that the total length of the fabric used isless than 21 by reason of the mutual interpenetration of the serrations.Thus, a saving on fabric is achieved.

A number of alternatives may be made to the examples described. Forexample, the broken line 3 may be replaced by an undulating line.

Of course, it is not essential for the seam to be made along the brokenline 3. The two elasticated fabrics may be joined by an otherwisedisposed means, for example a circular seam.

The set-in fabric 4 may be a fabric of variable gripping action, thisdecreasing from the top towards the bottom of the thigh and beingachieved in per se known manner by weaving in elastic threads ofdiminishing size.

It is therefore understood that the invention is in no way limited tothe examples described but embraces all modifications which departneither from its framework nor its spirit.

Iclaim:

l. A pantie-type girdle having body and leg portions which arediscontinuous at their lower section forming a terminal zone, said bodyand leg portions being formed from a substan tially single elasticfabric, the terminal zone extending vertically over a substantialportion of the height of the leg portion, the elastic fabric of each legin said terminal zone having a serrated configuration extending aroundeach of said leg portions, each serration forming a tapered extension ofessentially triangular shape.

2. A girdle as claimed in claim 1, comprising a loosegripping generallyelastic lace substantially covering the terminal zone of each said legportion and adapted to form a closed sleeve on itself.

3. A girdle as claimed in claim 2, wherein said lace is sewn to thefabric of the girdle by a seam extending along a contoured linecontiguous with said serrations.

1. A pantie-type girdle having body and leg portions which arediscontinuous at their lower section forming a terminal zone, said bodyand leg portions being formed from a substantially single elasticfabric, the terminal zone extending vertically over a substantialportion of the height of the leg portion, the elastic fabric of each legin said terminal zone having a serrated configuration extending aroundeach of said leg portions, each serration forming a tapered extension ofessentially triangular shape.
 2. A girdle as claimed in claim 1,comprising a loose-gripping generally elastic lace substantiallycovering the terminal zone of each said leg portion and adapted to forma closed sleeve on itself.
 3. A girdle as claimed in claim 2, whereinsaid lace is sewn to the fabric of the girdle by a seam extending alonga contoured line contiguous with said serrations.